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Somebody will upset you
Somewhere in the United stats of America, some
individual has told us to switch our clocks from
Eastem Standard Time (daylight savings time) back
to Central Standard Tune.
Listening to the assessments coming out of
Washington, D. C., this time change will be good.
Those bureaucrats need to come hear what the peo-
ple in Half Acre, Putnam, Magnolia, Jefferson,
Saltwell, Faunsdale, Octagon, Hugo, McKinley, etc.,
have to say about changing their clocks an hour back.
First and foremost, the chickens are not going to
roost any later, the milking of the old jersey cow must
be done twice a day, and the people going to work on
the early morning shift are going to be highly incon-
• venienced. Some of them need their beauty sleep and
this will disrupt that routine.
It doesn't make sense to change our clocks. It has
never made sense to change our clocks. We don't
think it will ever make sense to change our clocks.
China has one time zone and it is bigger than Texas,
the United States, and Canada.
In the USA, we command over 300 million people
to go bed earlier or later and to get up later or earlier.
What's a town to do
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What does a little town do about a big problem, rel-
ative to the town?
When two buildings on the main street collapse and
the roofs fall to the floors, the owners usually clean
the mess up and rebuild or sell.
It is certain that if they don't clean the mess up, they
can never sell or rebuild.
Linden has laws on the books to take care of these
situations and the legal counsel advised the local
newspaper that the town has procedures it must fol-
low before removing a dilapidated building.
It is simple. The procedures have not been executed
and the clean up has not • been done.
The sad situation is going on five years now.
The mayor is the executive and mayors must make '
things happen.
What do the citizens have to do to make the mayor
execute?
There could be a tar and feather ceremony.
A lawsuit in court will be messy but not as messy
as tar and feathers.
Voice your opinions to the heads at city hall.
When AEA leader fails
when educators begin to think like black folks
think, then the educators can begin to educate blacks.
For the past 60 years, the educators in Alabama
have been trained to ask for more money, ask for
more holidays, ask for free health care, ask for free
dental care, and ask for anything else they could come
up with except how to effectively communicate
knowledge.
There's nothing wrong with that. Good, old fash-
ioned greed has made America great.
i Paul Hubbert, the deceased former head of the
teachers' union, called the Alabama Education
Association, became a master at controlling the black
vote in Alabama.
what happened is the black educators were hopeful
for one thing, a larger paycheck. Of course, ihe white
educators were glad to get the extra money, too.
Guess who got left out of the hopeful bunch? The
kids who didn't know how to manipulate the legisla-
ture.
American educators have been carrying on the
European tradition of teaching theory. The idea is if
they can learn theory, they can translate it into the
knowledge necessary to do a project.
In Dixie, we used to teach planting cotton, corn,
turnips, collards, onions, and a lot of other food. We
did not do that in a class room. We did it in the fields.
Teachers need to go to a field with a bunch of stu-
dents and tell them all about soil, what will grow best
in that soil, how to fill that soil, how to plant, how to
cultivate, and how to harvest.
Some blacks call that slavery work.
If they would keep quiet nobody would know how
stupid they are.
That type farming is sweeping the nation as organic
farming and the prices for these vegetables is out-
standing.
Too many blacks would just want more food
stamps rather than raise their own food.
That is Uncle Sam meddling in their affairs.
The food stamps will soon be obsolete because the
price of food will be too high.
Some stores are already not selling to welfare recip-
ients.
Hubbert's policies have taken a firm hold.
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Linden, Alabama 36748 go check everything pretty regularly but I 5925 Cottage Hill Rd.
Dear Goodloe,
I hope you are doing okay. I have a
request My mother passed away Sept 12th
of this year. Since she left me the home
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I am not sure exactly. Her address was 1734 in your paper.
County Road 9, Sweet Water, AL 36782. Terry
Thanks for write up, pictures of forestry tour
October 20th
Dear Goodloe,
Charles and I enjoyed having you join us
for the Forestry Tour on October 9tk The
Helene Moseley Treasure Forest award was
a special honor for many reasons. We are
both from Marengo County and Charles'
daddy, A.D. worked with Mr. Henry on the
project.
Thank you so much for the wonderful
write up and pictures in the paper on
October 16 and 23. We never expected
front page coverage. I know it meant a lot
to Mr. Henry, as well. I had hoped he would
join us, to be honored along with us.
Mother and Daddy enjoyed The
Democrat-Reporter so much during their
life and we will continue to during ours. "
Keep up the good work. -:
Sincerely, :', ."
Jenny Cooper Holmes i -
Governor is dirty politics about veterans
would help veterans of the past 12 years
when he will not stop cheating the National
Guard retirees out of a free tag that was
given to the Alabama National Guard and
retired reserves by George Wallace in 1976
the whole the tag was not free but it was just
a $23.00 discount this adds up to several
millions dollars a year it also the disable
American Veterans tag has a code $5.00 fee
and this is discrimination because no other
tag has this on it this adds up to about a half
million dollar a year. How many'years has
this being going on,
I have in writing prove that it has been
going on for 11 years. I wrote the governor,
the House of Representative and the Senate
and gave them prove that they were cheat-
ing the National Guard and the Reserves.
My state representative DuWayne Bridges
got a Major to say this was a local incident
but how can a Major contact 67 judges
October 28, 2014
The Democrat-Reporter
Dear Editor
In my local newspaper it reads
"Alabama Aims To Aid Veterans." Why
can the State of Alabama Aids Veterans in
Alabama when we have one of the best
organization in the United States already
taking care of all the veterans in four extra
large hospital in Tuskegee, Montgomery,
Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. They also
have a great number of clinics around the
state and one of them is in Georgia,
Columbus Georgia. They are also have
program for helping the homeless veterans.
They also have appointed a new secretary of
the VA also he is a retired general and a x-
business man the Great Veterans
Administration.
Seven days before the election November
4, 2014 I say that is politics. Now why
office in 7 days. .,2
My wife and I when to the VA hospital in:;i',
Tuskegee, the hospital in Montgomery, the" ='
hospital in Birmingham, the hospital in
Tuscaloosa and found all of the tags that, ..
are represented there. We also agree with ;;.i: I
the Major about it being a isolated incident ' :
but it is the State of Alabama isolated
against the other 49 states.
I say that the governor aims to aid veter= .',
ans is dirty politic because he will not help.. :
the local retire national guard men and .,.
women and retired reserves men and.. ,,
women and disable veterans men and •
women.
Sincerely,
Forrest Abney
Public Relation Officer
1818 26th Street
Valley, Alabama 36854-2751
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OlD TIMES BY THE LATE JOEL D. JONES
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JUNE I, 1939
Weddings in early 1900s were
solemn occasions for couples
We often write of the deaths of our friends, and it seems Church, which name was given the church by her father in
that the lime passes away very rapidly, when we remember honor of their old home "Laurel" in Delaware, She loved her
them in life, remember when they were single, remember church, played for its members and longed to see it grow and
when the ee married, it,seems hut aiew days. On the first prosper. When taken sick, she said she ,would n got recover:
Sumday in May, we met and decorated the graves of several nor did she wish to; she would often say, I am wting Jesus,
humdred at Shiloh Church which I remember in life, and was I want to go Home." She had long before placed herself in
present when they were laid away in their fial resting places, the hands of the Lord. Her work on earth completed, she
which all that is now visible is the little mound marking the passed away without a struggle. Her remains were laid to rest
spot where they were placed, by the side of her husband in Laurel graveyard.
Married at the Methodist Church in There is another Marengo Skinner,
Central Mills, in Dallas County, on which is not related to the above
Wednesday evening the 10th day family, one of which was the late
of June 1903, Edward E. Taylor George T. Skinner, which I have
and Miss Gertrude Skinner, Rev. written about in "Old Times". He
W. S. Street of Gastonburg offici- had a daughter, Mrs Florence E.
ating. Attendants were Miss Skinner, who was married to Mr.
Mayme Skinner, maid of honor, Robert Watlington, at the Methodist
Mr. J. O. Blackburn, best man; Church in Old Spring Hill, on
Miss Golda Skinner, with Mr. Wednesday evening, June 17, 1903,
Garland Kirven, Miss Janie just seven days after the marriage of
Skinner with Mr. T. J. Huckabee, Mr. Taylor and Miss Skinner at -'
Miss Janie Wills with Mr. J.H. Central Mills. The attendants were:
Hestle, Miss Maude Robinson Miss Delores Watlington and Mr.
with Dr. W. M. Laird, and Miss George B. Skinner, Miss Mabel
Emma Kindall with Mr. G.L. Allen and Mr. W. C. Harrison, Miss
Shivers. Ushers were: E. M. and J. Lucille Skinner and Mr. Ed Pegram,
T. Sheperd. I was present at this Miss Hattie Eppes and Mr. Leon
marriage and immediately after Morris. The bride entered with her
the ceremony the happy couple sister, Miss Mary Skinner, her maid
left for Alberta, where they board- of honor, the groom with his broth-
ed the train for Mobile and other er, Mr. Eugene Watlington. As they
southern points, and after a short marched down the opposite aisles,
sojourn, they returned to Linden, the wedding march was played by
which town they made their home, Mrs. Bumitt and Mr. Mayer, while "
and where Mr. Taylor died and during the ceremony "Call Me
Mrs. Taylor still resides. Mrs. Thine Own" was softly rendered.
Taylor's father, Thomas H. The late After congratulations, Mr. and Mrs.
Skinner, came to this county in the JoeI DesakerJones Watlington left for Demopolis
forties with his father, who located where they took the evening train
at Shiloh. He died on June 5, 1907, for Lookout Mountain.
at the home of one of his daughters at Central Mills. His A wedding took place in the Methodist Church at Linden
remains were camed to his home at Shiloh and there buried, on Thursday evening August 27, 1903, when Mr. Ellis Small
He was about 77 years of age, and spent the most of his life and Miss Ethel Hamilton plighted their vows at the altar. The
near where his father first settled. In antebellum days, he church was decorated for the occasion, and a number of
served as deputy sheriff and after the war, served as county friends of these two assembled to witness the ceremony. Mrs.
commissioner. He was married twice, and was father of Taylor sang several appropriate solos before the arrival of the
twelve children, nine of which were living at the time of his wedding party. V. Q. Prowell and T. J. Cleveland, entered "
death. He lived to see all of his children married, except first then came the two flower girls, Frances Cunningham
Mattie, who died while a young girl, being the first child to and Aileen Glass; then the attendants, Misses Donnie Ben
die. There were four sons and eight daughters, of which five Gilder and Theresa Schwartz and Messrs. Garland Kirven
daughters are now living, three daughters and the four sons and Rliett Kimbrough, who took positions inside the altar to '
have passed away. the right and left of the officiating minister, Rev. C. B. ;
His mother was a sister to the late Thomas I. Hosea, who, Atldnson. The bride leaning on the ann of Miss Gus McCoy,
was so wide known as one of the most successful merchants came down the left aisle and was met at the altar by the
that ever lived in Marengo County. She was bern in Laurel, groom and Dr. J. C. Malone who marched down the right
Delaware, November 14, 1805, and died at Shiloh, February aisle. Mr. Atkinson, in a beautiful ceremony, pronounced the
5, 1891, in her 86th year of age. She was a daughter of words that united these two hearts for weal or woe. The
Matthew Hosea, and she was united in marriage to T.J. bride, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton, who
Skinner in 1822, and moved from Laurel, Delaware, to came from Kentucky to Linden just a few years before the i!
Philadelphia, and in 1843 they removed to Shiloh, Ala., marriage took place.
where all was joy and sunshine until her husband was called There are some who witnessed all these weddings, that are
to the "Better Land" in 1874. From that time she lived with still living and will remember the occasions, but many of
her widowed daughter, Mrs. P. T. Beverly, who lived alone them passed on to where there is no marriage, no sorrow, but
until death.. She was a devoted Christian, and with her passed all joy and happiness, b
out the last of the charter members of Laurel Presbyterian So long until next timel
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